Unemployment Rate in Cole County, MO

ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates

Unemployment Rate
2.9% −44.9% vs nat'l
Rank #633 of 3,222
80th percentile

How Cole County Compares

Cole County
2.9%
Missouri Average
2.9%
Rank #26 of 115 in state
National
5.3%
44.9% below

National Distribution

Where Cole County falls among all 3,222 U.S. counties for unemployment rate.

0.0% 28.6%

■ Cole County: 2.9%

Ranking Context

Rank County Value
#630 Douglas County, MN 2.9%
#631 Phillips County, CO 2.9%
#632 Wayne County, IA 2.9%
#633 Cole County, MO 2.9%
#634 Chatham County, NC 2.9%
#635 St. Charles County, MO 2.9%
#636 Flathead County, MT 2.9%
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Unemployment Rate in Cole County, Missouri

Cole County, Missouri has a unemployment rate of 2.9%, which ranks #633 of 3,222 out of 3,222 counties nationwide. This is 44.9% below the national value of 5.3%.

Within Missouri, Cole County ranks #26 of 115 out of 115 counties. This places it in the 80th percentile nationally.

Percentage of the civilian labor force that is unemployed. All data comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates for 2024.

About this data

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (2024). All values are estimates derived from survey samples and are subject to margin of error. For more information, see our methodology.